Trimeresurus labialis

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Trimeresurus labialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Crotalinae
Genus: Trimeresurus
Species: T. labialis
Binomial name
Trimeresurus labialis
Steindachner, 1867
Synonyms
  • Bothrophis labialis - Fitzinger, 1861
  • Trimeresurus labialis - Steindachner, 1867
  • Trim[eresurus]. mutabilis - Stoliczka, 1870
  • Trimeresurus mutabilis - Stoliczka, 1870[1]
Common names: Nicobar bamboo pitviper.[2]

Trimeresurus labialis is a venomous pitviper species endemic to the Nicobar Islands of India. No subspecies are currently recognized.[3]

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[edit] Geographic range

Found only in the Nicobar Islands of India. The type locality given is "den Nikobaren."[1]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  2. ^ Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pitvipers. GeitjeBooks Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. ISBN 3-937975-00-4.
  3. ^ Trimeresurus labialis (TSN 634920). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 27 September 2006.

[edit] Further reading

  • Das, I. 1999 Biogeography of the amphibians and reptiles of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. In: Ota,H. (ed) Tropical Island herpetofauna.., Elsevier, pp. 43-77
  • Gumprecht, A.; Tillack, F.; Orlov, N.L.; Captain, A. & Ryabow, S. 2004 Asian Pit Vipers. Geitje Books, Berlin, 368 pp.
  • Steindachner, F. 1867 In: Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858,1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair (Zoologie), Vol. 1, part 3 (Reptilien p.1-98). K. Gerold's Sohn/Kaiserlich-Königl. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Wien [1869 on title page]
  • Stoliczka, F. 1870 Observations of some Indian and Malayan Amphibia and Reptilia. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 6: 105-109

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